Climate change and agriculture an economic analysis of global impacts, adaptation and distributional effects /

• Main Author: Mendelsohn, Robert O., 1952-
• Other Authors: Dinar, Ariel, 1947-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2009.
• Series: New horizons in environmental economics.
• Subjects: Agriculture > Environmental aspects > Developing countries.; Agriculture > Economic aspects > Developing countries.; Climatic changes > Environmental aspects > Developing countries.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Agribusiness. > Industries; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Sustainable Agriculture. > Agriculture; Electronic books.
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This text features a study which examines 22 countries across four continents including both developed and developing economies. It looks at the impact of climate change on agriculture and provides a good analytical basis for additional work.

Table of Contents:

• Cover; Copyright; Contents; About the authors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The role of climate in agricultural production; 3. Literature review of economic impacts of climate change on agriculture; 4. The Ricardian method; 5. Modeling adaptation to climate change; 6. Structural Ricardian models; 7. Ricardian analyses of aggregate data; 8. Ricardian models of individual farms; 9. Adaptation studies; 10. Structural Ricardian studies; 11. Summary of results; 12. Policy implications and futurere search needs; Index.